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Week of Hope & Reconciliation
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Sixty-four years ago, the ashes of the Holocaust still
settling over Europe, humanity resolved with one voice to “save succeeding
generations from the scourge of war,” which had just rendered such “untold
sorrow to mankind,” founding the United Nations to safeguard this pledge.
For six and a half decades, declarations of “never
again” have echoed across the mass sepulchers of Cambodia, the former
Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, among others, a quiet lamentation of the consequences of
inaction. Today millions around the world still suffer the injustices wrought by
intolerance and apathy. In Darfur,
as many as 400,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced over a
five-year genocide. The response has been insufficient, and the violence
continues. “Never again” seems more hollow than ever.
Download the Despair, Hope & Reconciliation Curriculum Guide Here.
Download the Despair, Hope & Reconciliation Supplemental Curriculum.
Act Against Indifference
2007 - Present
Guided by the beliefs that no act is too small, no change insignificant, and no individual powerless to make a difference, Action Echoes challenges all members of our community to complete simple but powerful tasks in service to humanity. Further, individuals share their stories of fulfilling their tasks, creating an echo of each action that magnifies its power and inspires others to do more.
Living Together in the 21st Century
Character Education Initiative
2000 - Present
Living Together in the 21st Century is an education outreach project for young school children originated by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel with involvement by child activist Jonathan Kozol. The project’s aim is to provide character education to elementary school children through comprehensive lesson plans teaching core values such as cooperation, honesty, respect, compassion, and responsibility. A mandated curriculum exists in all 91 elementary schools across Charlotte-Mecklenburg.